An Iowa City man who police say was breaking into cars Tuesday night has been arrested and is facing drug, theft and weapons charges.

Iowa City police were called to the area around the 400 block of South Johnson Street in Iowa City for a report of two men breaking into cars, according to Iowa City police complaints.

When police arrived, they saw 19-year-old Bret P. Eldridge, who lives nearby in the 500 block of South Van Buren Street, and another man standing between two cars, the complaints state. Eldridge was leaning down and police saw a black handgun on the ground under the car where Eldridge was bending over, the complaints state.

Eldridge and the other man, who is unnamed in the complaints, were arrested and taken to the Iowa City Police Department for questioning. Police said the other man told officers Eldridge said he got the gun from a friend.

The gun was reported stolen on Aug. 8 and is valued at $550, police said.

Officers also found a Nutty Bar container with a hidden storage compartment containing dozens of Xanax pills, the complaints state. The container was dropped while Eldridge was being searched and an officer later found it near where Eldridge was arrested after Eldridge asked where it was.

Eldridge has been charged with trafficking in stolen weapons and failure to affix a drug tax stamp, both class D felonies, and a controlled substance violation, carrying weapons and third-degree theft, all aggravated misdemeanors.

He could face up to 16 years in prison if convicted on all counts and was being held at the Johnson County Jail as of Wednesday morning.